Posts Tagged ‘OpenSpace’

Welcome to the first instalment of the Concordat on Openness newsletter. This quarterly email of all things Concordat related will let you know what’s going on at UAR and what our Concordat signatories have been up to. Whilst the Concordat is at the forefront of our …

Question to be addressed: Do institutions invite people in for debates? How do they steer the discussions and prevent it getting out of control? Do people ask questions? In particular, the chair had been approached to conduct a debate with Year 13 students (18 years old) …

How do you hear about good examples from other institutions? People from different institutions have different experiences of hearing about what’s going on. Often relies on one person within an institution being ‘plugged in’ to what’s going on externally. Communication (externally) can often be 1:1. Depends …

The group primarily discussed public/supporter engagement in relation to events and open days. A couple of useful themes arose when considering future engagement around animal research: It was generally considered not appropriate to deliver activity based solely around the topic of animal research, which can end …

What are the differences between Key Stage 1 (under 7 years), Key Stage 2 (7-11 years), Key Stage 3 (11-18 years) and further education? Summary of Discussion The general question was “What sort of level of Openness should we deliver to the different stages of education?”. …

Out-line The session was called to discuss steps that could be taken in the case of a crisis. “Crisis” was defined as a period of extreme negative response to animal research taking place at an establishment. During discussion overall aspects on how to be prepared was …

There have been some examples of excellent, balanced coverage in UK media in recent months: The Sun: CAN RATS CURE FAT EPIDEMIC? We go behind the scenes at the animal research facility that could hold the secret to ending obesity – award-winning story featuring University of Leicester …

Possible Problems: Different issues encountered by Companies, sometimes dictated by size and whether they are a global multinational or private company. Multinational companies often take a long time to gain approval or sign-off for UK ventures. UK parts of multinationals often focused on the Concordat conditions …

Using social media to support Openness The consensus was that organisations should be using social media to talk about their animal research but that there was no need to talk about how their organisation was being open. Many organisations felt it was counterproductive to post “look how …

Could help raise awareness of Concordat generally. Helping researchers engage with stakeholders on animal research: mandate such engagement? Peer review and application process may be rigorous but what happens with the funding afterwards? This could be explored more. ARRIVE guidelines and journals ask researchers to undertake …